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succulent
succulent A plant that conserves water by storing it in fleshy leaves or stems. Succulents are found either in dry regions or in areas where there is sufficient water but it is not easily obtained, as in salt marshes. Such plants are often modified to reduce water loss by transpiration. For example, the leaves of cacti are reduced to spines. See also
crassulacean acid metabolism;
xerophyte.
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 "Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)")
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Succulents taking centre stage.
Newspaper article from: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus); 10/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...noticed a boom in succulent sales. A member...too recommended succulents to their customers...effectively cultivate a succulent garden. The Environment...promoting the use of succulents as a water-wise...found in the humble succulent. McGowan explained...not aware that succulents are ...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Succulents in the spotlight: Trendsetters and twentysomethings are popularizing these exotic plants.(Product/Service Evaluation)
Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 12/19/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...prove the pop in succulent popularity, but...anecdotal evidence: Succulents adorn the cover...decor was hot, succulents and cacti boomed...Michigan Cactus and Succulent Society. Now people...decorating. The succulents really do add a...Michigan Cactus and Succulent Society because...
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Spectacular succulents.
Magazine article from: Sunset; 8/1/1991; 700+ words
; ...tolerant accent plants with massed succulents. The tall, strap-leafed form...Zealand flax combines well with succulent ground covers. Even green plants...blue Senecio mandraliscae. Many succulents spread slowly; an echeveria from...
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The artistry of succulents and cacti
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 2/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...its thousands of succulent and cacti cousins. "In landscaping, succulents are very pretty...helping Cactus & Succulent Society members...propagation of succulents for their annual...only in the main succulent area, but throughout...Suddenly, cactus and succulents are the darlings...
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Spectacular succulents.(floral arraignments)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...without his favorite succulents. "They are wonderful...them." Cohen's succulent bouquets * Select wide...containers. Since many succulents are wider than they...with cuttings from succulents elsewhere in the garden...take root. If one succulent overtakes its companions...
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 "La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI)")
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Super succulents.
Newspaper article from: La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI); 9/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...8225. WHAT ARE SUCCULENTS? Succulents are water-retaining plants...climate or soil conditions. Succulents store water in their leaves...storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy...appearance than other plants. Many succulents come from the dry areas of...
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Sublime succulents: Beautiful, less work\
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of "Designing With Succulents" (Timber Press, 2007). What defines a succulent? Succulents sometimes are referred...near a sunny window. Succulent, heart-shaped leaves...semps. Low-growing succulents. Hens are the main...
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STRANGE SUCCULENTS STURDY AND SCULPTURAL, THESE PLANTS ARE A HORTICULTURAL ODDITY - WITH A DEVOTED FOLLOWING.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/24/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...for cactuses and succulents, windowsill space...the Cactus and Succulent Society of Massachusetts...are one type of succulent plants, although...separately. Familiar succulents include the jade...Cactuses and succulents have evolved to...main causes of succulent death is over wa...
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Succulents ARE a juicy GIFT idea Succulents are juicy idea for garden giving.(Flavor/Gracious Living)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...10-10 fertilizer. Most succulents are hardy outside in Hampton...gathered an array of small succulents for us to choose from. Their...Chinese Duncecap. This succulent is a gray-green rosette...can purchase a soil mix for succulents at garden centers, or make...
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ALL THINGS SUCCULENT
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 2/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...Ciccone, who led a succulent wreath-making...patio. Once the succulents root in a couple...attractive selection of succulents. They also will be selling live succulent arrangements in...shallow pots. Succulents even can be made...
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Succulents
Book article from: Plant Sciences
Succulents The term succulent, when applied to plants...habitats (as are most true succulents). Specifically, succulent plants are those that are...Approximately 750 species are succulent. Most succulents are xerophytes, that is...
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succulent
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
succulent , any fleshy plant that belongs to one...houseleek, agave, and yucca. Most succulents are indigenous to arid or semiarid regions...Bibliography: See H. Jacobsen, A Handbook of Succulent Plants (3 vol., 1973).
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Cactus
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...000 species of perennial plants with succulent stems, most of which are well-armed...perennial plants. Their stems are fleshy or succulent, and are cylindrical or flattened in...adaptations of cacti include: (1) their succulent, water-retaining stems, (2) a thick...
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fruit
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...Fruits are divided into two main groups depending on whether the ovary wall remains dry or becomes fleshy ( succulent ). Succulent fruits are generally dispersed by animals and dry fruits by wind, water, or by some mechanical means. See...
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desert
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...of the rain when it falls. The perennials include xerophytic trees and shrubs (see xerophyte ) and succulents , such as cacti; many succulents show crassulacean acid metabolism . Annual plants are ephemerals , lying dormant as seeds for most...
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